Progress of State Baptist Encampment at Pelham
The Pelham Alabama encampment observes Woman's Missionary Union Day with Dr. J. C. Massee delivering on the moral value of a woman's place in society. Miss Julia Ward presides. delegates from Do than Mobile and Montgomery push total attendance to about 600.
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Julia Ward
Woman’s Missionary Union
Missionary Union Conference
Miss Ward
Laura Lee Patrick
Addie Estelle Cox
Mary Blount Keith
Selma
Crumpton
McCree
Massen
Dothan
Mobile
Montgomery
Remarkable Youthful Minister Draws Big Crowds in Mississippi
In Wesson Mississippi on August 22 continued services at Stronghope Baptist Church ten miles east draw 700 listeners mostly elderly. A 23 year old preacher attracts attention with scriptural utterances described as wonderful for his age. Rev A D Muse, 21 years old, preaches and stuns his hearers.
Crossing Suit Postponed In Hattiesburg Rail Case
Hearing in the Mississippi Railway against the Hattiesburg Traction has been moved from August 22 to August 27. Judge J. M. Arnold will hear the case at Billsville, with both sides eager to open streetcar service on North Avenue, but the railroad still refuses passage due to crossing concerns.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Mississippi Railway
Hattiesburg Traction
Billsville
J. M. Arnold
Taft to veto army bill over tenure provision
Washington Aug 22. President Taft faces a potential second veto as conferees near agreement on the long delayed army appropriation bill. A provision affecting tenure of chief of staff Major General Leonard Wood and others is at issue with Taft threatening to veto if such special legislation remains. Congress plans to adjourn soon.
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Washington
House
Senate
Leonard Wood
Taft
General Wood
General Funston
Upoh
White House
Congress
Campaign funds inquiry proposed by Penrose in Senate
Washington August 22 Senator Penrose asked the senate to direct the Clapp committee to investigate campaign contributions and expenditures. He urged calling all persons mentioned in his speech and held talks with Reed and Smith as he weighs broader probes into presidential primary funds and the Harriman 1904 contribution.
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Washington
Penrose
Senate
Clapp Committee
Senator Penrose
Reed
Missouri
Smith
Maryland
LaFolsiette
Wisconsin
Itet
Harriman
Murrah Pastor Dies Sudden in Memphis Visit
Reverend J. T. Murrah, long time Mississippi Methodist pastor and brother of Bishop W. B. Murrah, died suddenly in his Memphis hotel room after a brief illness. He had arrived from Aberdeen with Dr. R. M. Boyd and was found dead after returning from lunch. Remains were shipped back to Aberdeen for burial.
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Memphis
Tenn
J. T. Murrah
Methodist Church of
Shubuta Opens Cotton Season With First Bale
Shubuta Mississippi reports the first bale of the season brought in Wednesday morning by Bryant Davis east of town. The bale weighed 483 pounds and is the first in the county and town, earning a premium price plus the usual premium of a barrel of flour for the first bale.
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Shubuta
Miss
Bryant Davis
No Quorum Postpones Chamber Meeting
A called meeting of the old Chamber of Commerce directors at noon failed to materialize due to lack of a quorum. President H. H. Wefel and Director Gibboney were listed among those absent, with Fry also noted as absent.
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Chamber of Commerce
H. H. Wefel
Gibboney, Fry
Underwood Tax Rhetoric Traces Tariff Burden On Consum ers
Washington reports Majority Leader Oscar W Underwood reviewed Democratic house tariff policy in the Congressional Record. He lists extensive taxes across daily life from clothing and footwear to furniture, food, medicine and burial costs, arguing the current tariff system crushes the laboring man and condemns Republican policy.
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Washington
Oscar W. Underwood
House
Congressional Record
Underwood
Begging Letters Swamp Astor Mansion in New York
Mrs John Jacob Astor and staff sort mail after her August 14 birth of a child as the mansion receives about 100 letters daily. Most requests are begging letters from impudent foreign or others seeking money or favors, including a $590000 socialist colony fund and a $1090 business setup, with many asking for $1 to $59.
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New York
John Jacob Astor
House of Astor
Astor Mansion
Negro Brakeman Slays Unknown Man At Basile Incident
Eunice Louisiana August 22 Wino Johnson a colored brakeman on the Frisco killed an unknown negro tramp at Basile after the tramp attacked with a knife. Johnson seized a hammer from nearby workers and struck the man in the head. The injured man died an hour later. Johnson was arrested and taken to Ville Platte. Eyewitnesses to the confrontation were present.
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Eunice
Wino Johnson
Frisco
Basile
Basilé
St. Maurice
Johnson
Ville Platte
Will General Booth Be Interred in Westminster
Aug 22. No word from Dean Herbert on burial in Westminster Abbey for General William Booth of the Salvation Army. His body will be moved tonight from Harley Wood cottage to Congress Hall Clapton for lying in state. General Bramwell Booth to appoint a new chief of staff.
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London
Dean Herbert
Westminster Abbey
William Booth
Salvation Army
Booth
Harley Wood
Congress Hall
Clapton
Bramwell Booth
Eva Booth Sails to Attend Father's Funeral
Commander Eva Booth daughter of General William Booth sails from New York for Havre aiming to reach England in time for her father's funeral next Thursday. General Bramwell Booth renews her commission as commander of Salvation Army forces in the United States as Miss Brewer and Major Richard Griffith accompany her. Crowds greet the departure at the pier.
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NEW_YORK
Eva Booth
William Booth
Salvation Army
Havre
England
Miss Booth
Bramwell Booth
Unite States
Miss Brewer
Richard Griffith
Becker Asks for a Continuance in Rosenthal Murder Case
Police Lieutenant Charles Becker and four alleged underworld accomplices faced arraignment in New York General Sessions on the Rosenthal murder indictment. Becker asked for more time to plead. four others entered not guilty pleas with possible changes by Tuesday. The coroner’s inquest, adjourned, found Rosenthal died from a bullet wound to the brain and recommended Louis Libby be discharged.
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New York
Charles Becker
Mulqueen
Court of General Sessions
Herman Rosenthal
Becker
Daniél Frohman
Rosenthal
Louis Libby
Legislator Resigns to Take Better Government Post
W. E. McGowan representative from Sumter county resigned to join the commissioners' court in Montgomery. This follows another resignation this week as Rep Simeon T. Wright left the legislature to become internal revenue collector for Alabama and Mississippi.
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Montgomery
Ala
W. E. McGowan
Alabama
Sumter County
O'Neal
McGowan
Commissioners’ Court
Simeon T. Wright
Fayette
Internal Revenue Collector
Mississippi
Joseph ©. Thompson
Birmingham
Weather forecast for Mobile Alabama and vicinity
Forecasts call for thunder showers tonight into Friday in Mobile and area with local showers across Alabama and Mississippi. Light variable winds. Map and meteorological tables appear on page 12.
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Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Rilinp
The
Weather Weather Bureau
Meteorological Tables
Two Americans killed in Nicaraguan clash report
Washington reports two Americans Harvey Dodd of Kosciusko Mississippi and a man named Phillips were wounded and killed in a hospital after rebels overran Leon on August 19. The state department seeks details as rebels advance between Leon and Chinandega and seize a plantation and a distillery valued at six million dollars.
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Washington
Leon
Harvey Dodd
Kosciusko
Misz
Phillips
State Department
Dodd
Cannon
Grace
Zelaya
Corinto
Chinandaga
Had Sought to atone Ben Sent Back in Jackson
Harvey Dodd, a young American, was reported murdered by rebels in Leon in a general massacre. The father learned of his death by telephone and noted his son had a roving disposition. Dodd had recently stated plans to go to Nicaragua or Colombia and an advertisement seeking his return appeared in Central and South American papers. He was an expert stenographer and had been admitted to the practice of law.
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Ben
Jackson
Miss
Harvey Dodd
Leon
Coeugh Piret
Wwe
Sidokaon
Bodd
Associated Press
Koscitwko
Padama Tn
Young Dodd
Nicaragua
Colombia
Rebels Refused Quarter and Massacred 500 Defenders
A belated Managua tablegram confirms the Nicaraguan assault on Leon left about 500 loyal troops dead after rebels refused quarter. Only three or four escaped in rebel uniforms. Marines and sailors guard Managua while Corinto faces danger as foreign families seek shelter aboard U.S. warships.
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Washington
Leon
Managua
State Department
Blue Jackets
Danger
Corinto
United States
Senator Bacon urges Nicaragua inquiry in senate
Senator Bacon repeated his criticism of the landing of American marines in Nicaragua and urged adoption of a resolution for an investigation of conditions there. He warned that government officers ignoring laws could force action at the other end of the Capitol and feared possible war if the State Department acts as in Nicaragua with Mexico.
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Washington
Nicaragua
Bacon
Senate
State Department
Mexico
Alfonso Flees Wrath of Mother-in-Law in London
King Alfonso of Spain rushed from Cowes to London claiming urgent state business but reports say a quarrel with his mother-in-law prompted the exit. Princess Henry of Wattenburg has long viewed him as flirtatious and tensions allegedly escalated during the gulling week.
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London
Alfonso
Spain
Cowes
James
Henry of Wattenburg
Lune
Osborn Cottage
Roosevelt Visits Wilkesbarre for Moral Address
Col Theodore Roosevelt arrives in Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania after a morning mass at Holy Saviour church. He plans a lake dinner, a parade with cadets and mine workers, and a major address at the armory focusing on moral issues. He will depart for New York late tonight.
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Wilkesbarre
Theodore Roosevelt
Penrose
Senate
Roosevelt
Father Curran
Harvey's Lake
Rooosevelt
New York
Clapp committee plans renewed hearings on political funds
Washington Aug. 22 The senate committee on campaign funds under Chairman Clapp intends to resume hearings on 1904 and 1908 contributions. Democratic members Luke Lea and Paynter are away, with telegrams sent asking their return or a designated stand-in. Roosevelt could be considered by the five member panel, though no decision made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dillingham
MacVeagh Targets Orleans Sugar Frauds
Secretary MacVeagh moved to re liquidate past sugar entries at New Orleans amid alleged fraud by officers or employees of the American Sugar Refining Company in sampling. The Treasury claims about $20 000 in duties are owed and warns of a possible government suit if payment is refused. The action marks a final step in the extended sugar fraud investigation begun years ago.
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Washington
MacVeagh
New Orleans
American Sugar Refining Company
Treasury
New York Grand Jury Probes Police Ties to Rosenthal Case
Four inspectors and three civilians face inquiry into corruption linked to gambling houses and resorts. Whitman plans to present findings to Justice Goff as Rosenthal ties resurface. Arrests loom for lieutenant Becker and others amid arraignments and rewards for fugitives in the murder probe.
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New York
Whitman
Goff
John
Rosenthal
Atena Becker
Big Jack
Zelig
Steinert
White
Young Man O Dwyer Faces Murder Charge in Shreveport
In Shreveport Louisiana 18 year old O Dwyer is charged with murder after a confrontation that left prominent Whitehead family member shot in the breast and dying about three hours later. The incident followed long standing ill will between the O Dwyer and Whitehead families.
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Shreveport
Éph O'Dwyer
Whitehead
Joseph
Remons
Whitehead Yard
O'Dwyer
Washington Americans to Attend Noyes Funeral
Aug 22 report that Thor C. Noyes body will be taken to Washington for funeral Saturday afternoon. Noyes, president of the Washington American League club and news manager of the Washington Star, died of pneumonia yesterday. The Washington team, led by Manager Clark Griffith, will attend the funeral.
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Washington
Thor C. Noyes
Pee Tee
Washingto American League Baseball Club
Washington Star
Detroit
Clark Griffith
Mutineers Tried as NCOs in Asiatic Russia Camp
Two hundred twenty eight Asian non-commissioned officers and soldiers were court-martialed at the Sappers camp on mutiny charges. Fifteen were sentenced to hang, seven were acquitted, and two hundred six were sentenced to jail terms.
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Har Tashkent
Russia
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Progress OF State Baptist
Woman's Missionary Union
Chattanooga
Pelham
Babylon
Stranger Within Our Gates
J. E. Byrd
Sampey
Louisville
Hosea
Prophet of Love
Miss Cox
Wood
Democratic House
Will Gen. Booth
Westminster
America
William J. Files
Tie
Metropole
Uncle Zeb
Kosciusko, Miss
Col. Roosevelt
Wilkesbarre, PA
Bull Moose
Senate Campaign Fund
Colonel Roosevelt
Orleans
Winus
John Doe
Lieutenant Charlies
Jack Sullivan
William Shapiro
Muller
Whitey Lewis
Frank
Louis Rosswell
Lefty Loule
Harry 4Witz
Gyp the
Blood
Johnny Refeller, Jr
Re and
Horowitz
Noyes
Mobile Electric Company
Bienville Square
George B. Rogers
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